Home page | Play Info | Previous photo | Next photo Esther (Candice McKoy*), a plain and uneducated 35-year-old African American seam-stress, gets a scolding from her landlady, Mrs. Dickson (Venida Evans*) who runs a tenement boarding house in Lower Manhattan. Esther is the central character in playwright Lynn Nottage's award-winning play, Intimate Apparel. Set in turn-of-the-century New York, Esther makes an uncommon living for herself creating exquisite lingerie for wealthy socialites and ladies of the brothel alike. Photo: Darren Setlow *Members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers